Saint Louis Park High School
Encyclopedia
St. Louis Park High School, is a four-year public high school
located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
. St. Louis Park High School is ranked by Newsweek
as #150 in their "List of the 1500 Top High Schools in America," #1 among Minnesota schools on the list in 2009. In 2001, the high school began participation in the International Baccalaureate program and has since been decreasing the number of Advanced Placement classes offered in the curriculum.
The school newspaper is The Echo. While attending SLPHS, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman
wrote for, but never edited, The Echo, including one article in which he interviewed then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon
. The Echo recently won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award in 2006 as one of the 25 best high school newspapers in the nation.
. In 2005, they left the Classic Lake Conference
due to its smaller student body than the other west suburban schools in the Classic Lake Conference. The school has created a website for information on current athletic events gopark.org.
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The Echo is a student-produced newspaper of the St. Louis Park High School. In November of 2010, The Echo won the Pacemaker Award, Best of Show for a High School Publication 9-12 pages, and 7th place for a publication website from a small school.
High school
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located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. St. Louis Park High School is ranked by Newsweek
Newsweek
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as #150 in their "List of the 1500 Top High Schools in America," #1 among Minnesota schools on the list in 2009. In 2001, the high school began participation in the International Baccalaureate program and has since been decreasing the number of Advanced Placement classes offered in the curriculum.
The school newspaper is The Echo. While attending SLPHS, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.-Personal...
wrote for, but never edited, The Echo, including one article in which he interviewed then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
. The Echo recently won the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award in 2006 as one of the 25 best high school newspapers in the nation.
Athletics
St. Louis Park High School is in the North Suburban Conference, which is part of the Minnesota State High School LeagueMinnesota State High School League
The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...
. In 2005, they left the Classic Lake Conference
Classic Lake Conference
The Classic Lake Conference, sometimes just referred to as the Classic Lake, is the conference for five high schools in the west metro area of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Much like the divisions in professional sports, such as football and baseball, the Classic Lake Conference is one of many in the...
due to its smaller student body than the other west suburban schools in the Classic Lake Conference. The school has created a website for information on current athletic events gopark.org.
| State championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of championships | Year |
| Fall | Cross country, boys | 2 | 1955, 1961 |
| Soccer, boys | 3 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | |
| Winter Winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.-Meteorology:... |
Nordic skiing Nordic skiing Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing.... , Boys |
1 | 2003 |
| Alpine skiing Alpine skiing Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four... , Boys |
1 | 1955 | |
| Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... , Girls |
2 | 1986, 1990 | |
| Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... , Boys |
1 | 1962 | |
| Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.... , Girls |
22 | ||
| Spring Spring (season) Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and... |
Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... , Boys |
1 | 2003 |
| Track and field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... , Boys |
5 | 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 | |
| Track and field, girls | 1 | 1998 | |
| Total | 40 | ||
Other activities
Saint Louis Park High School has a Lincoln-Douglas debate program in the National Forensics League. Senior Catherine Tarsney won the 2010 Tournament of Champions Tournament of Champions (debate)Tournament of Champions (debate)
The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is the most prestigious tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious...
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The Echo is a student-produced newspaper of the St. Louis Park High School. In November of 2010, The Echo won the Pacemaker Award, Best of Show for a High School Publication 9-12 pages, and 7th place for a publication website from a small school.
Notable alumni
- T.J. Bohn, professional bench player for the sioux city explorersSioux City ExplorersThe Sioux City Explorers are a professional baseball team based in Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. The Explorers are a member of the North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.They were originally to be...
- Mark BoyleMark BoyleMark Boyle was an artist born in Glasgow and known for his work in the cultural UK Underground of the 1950s around the Traverse Theatre, and exhibiting since 1985 with Joan Hills and their children Sebastian and Georgia as Boyle Family.The World Series pieces involve the meticulous re-creation of...
, play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA's Indiana Pacers - Joel and Ethan Coen, movie directors, music artists
- Philip DrayPhilip DrayPhilip Dray is an American writer and independent public historian, known for his comprehensive analyses of American scientific, racial, and labor history.-Awards:...
, author, At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America, etc. - Mike FeinsteinMike FeinsteinMike Feinstein is an American politician and a member of the Green Party. Feinstein has been involved in political activism since 1988, after he attended a conference at the Findhorn community in Scotland entitled "The Individual and the Collective: Politics as If The Earth Mattered"...
, City Council member (1996–2004) and Mayor (2000–2002), Santa Monica, CA http://www.feinstein.org - Steven FisherSteven FisherSteven W. Fisher was a New York justice who is notable for being the last judge in the state to impose the death penalty.Fisher presided over the case of John B...
, pro snowboarder - Al FrankenAl FrankenAlan Stuart "Al" Franken is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party....
, U.S. Senator, political satirist, comedian; attended through 10th grade - Thomas FriedmanThomas FriedmanThomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.-Personal...
, New York Times columnist - Pete HautmanPete HautmanPete Hautman is the author of many well received young adult novels, one of which, Godless, won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Hautman moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota at the age of five. He later graduated from St...
, author - Peter HimmelmanPeter HimmelmanPeter Himmelman is a singer-songwriter from Minnesota, who formerly played in the band Sussman Lawrence.-Family life:He is Bob Dylan's son-in-law, being married to his daughter Maria Dylan...
, musician and songwriter, formerly of Sussman Lawrence - Sharon IsbinSharon IsbinSharon Isbin is a widely-recorded American classical guitarist, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School.-Early life and education:...
, classical guitarist - Dan IsraelDan IsraelDan Israel is a 15-year veteran singer-songwriter currently based in Minneapolis, who won Song of the Year in the 2005 Minnesota Music Awards...
, musician and songwriter - Terry Leiendecker, pro soccer player for the Minnesota Strikers, star goalkeeper at St. John's University
- Mark LevinMark LevinMark Reed Levin is a lawyer, author and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. Levin served in the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese...
, Director of Photography and Lighting Designer for Film and Television. - William 'Bill' Ludwil, Food Safety & Quality Executive - initiated nationwide distribution of irradiated ground beef via Schwans
- Peggy OrensteinPeggy OrensteinPeggy Orenstein is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, An Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, A Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother .Previous books include, Flux: Women on Sex, Work,...
, author and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine - Matt Parrington, head baseball coach at Macalester CollegeMacalester CollegeMacalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...
- Jeff Passolt, news anchor for Fox 9 News
- Jim PetersenJim PetersenJames "Jim" Richard Petersen is a retired American basketball player, and a current assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. He played as either a power forward or a center.-High school / College:...
, pro basketball player in the NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
from 1985 to 1992 - Erik Rasmussen, professional hockey player
- Sam RichterSam RichterSam Richter is author of the top-selling book Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling about Sales Intelligence and finding information online and using it for business and sales success...
, best-selling author, international speaker - Mark RosenMark RosenMark Rosenzweig , better known by his professional name Mark Rosen, is an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson and chief executive of Euro-Pro Operating LLC.-Career:...
, sports anchor for WCCO Channel 4 - Andy Sackrison, NHL fifth-round pick 2006 draft
- Ellen Sue Stern, best-selling author, speaker, and celebrity ambassador for the NMSS
- Barry Siewert TV/radio personality/musician
- Bob SteinBob Stein (American football)Robert Allen Stein is a former American football linebacker. He played collegiately for the University of Minnesota and was both Football and Academic All-American in 1967 and 1968. He began his professional career in 1969 with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, with whom he won...
, former NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
player - Marc TrestmanMarc TrestmanMarc Trestman is the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.-Early life:Trestman is Jewish. He graduated in 1974 from Saint Louis Park High School in Minnesota. He played quarterback for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team for three seasons...
, former NFL football coach, now football coach of Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions... - J. Elvis WeinsteinJ. Elvis WeinsteinJosh "J. Elvis" Weinstein is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000.-Mystery Science Theater 3000:...
, played Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer/voice for Tom ServoTom ServoTom Servo is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Tom is one of two wise-cracking, robotic main characters of the show, built by Joel Robinson to act as a companion and help stave off space madness as Joel was forced to watch...
on Mystery Science Theater 3000Mystery Science Theater 3000Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999.... - Dan Wilson (musician)Dan Wilson (musician)Daniel Dodd "Dan" Wilson is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer...
, lead singer of Trip ShakespeareTrip ShakespeareTrip Shakespeare was a Minneapolis-based alternative rock band of the late 1980s/early 1990s.-Origins:The band originated when Harvard University English student Matt Wilson teamed up with Elaine Harris , a Harvard grad student in biological anthropology, in the early 1980s...
and SemisonicSemisonicSemisonic is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995. The band consisted of three members: Dan Wilson , John Munson , and Jacob Slichter... - Ben Petroski, CFO of Quantum Financial Solutions
- Zach Strouts, Minnesota Twins Bat Boy and Ball Bag Cleaner.